DMV’s electronic titling program is a secure online method that electronically transfers a vehicle’s ownership from Virginia residents to buyers titling a vehicle in Virginia.
If you qualify, you can transfer ownership and register a motor vehicle without visiting a customer service center or mailing documents to DMV. You will not receive a paper title--instead, the title will be held electronically by DMV.
Who Can Use the Electronic Titling Program?
The seller and the buyer need to meet certain requirements in order to take advantage of the electronic titling program.
Seller requirements
- Be a current Virginia resident
- Not be a business
- Have an active myDMV account
Buyer requirements
- Be a current Virginia resident
- Not be a business
- Have an active myDMV account
- Have no customer holds on their account that prevent titling
Create a myDMV account or visit a customer service center to get a temporary account PIN number.
Note: If the seller or the buyer do not meet the above requirements, you’ll need to title the vehicle in person at a customer service center or DMV Select office, or you can submit the application by mail.
Vehicle Eligibility
In order to participate in the electronic titling program, the vehicle must:
- Have no liens
- Have no vehicle holds on the owner’s account or the title that prevent the vehicle from being retitled
- Have no holds on the vehicle title
- Not have been reported sold more than 15 days prior to electronically titling the vehicle
- Be a passenger vehicle (car, sport utility vehicle, truck; no trailers, mopeds or all-terrain vehicles)
Vehicles owned by a business; being transferred by power of attorney, divorce decree or survivorship; being titled in another state; or those seeking a sales and use tax exemption cannot use the electronic titling program.
Note: If the vehicle does not meet the above requirements, you’ll need to title the vehicle in person at a customer service center or DMV Select office, or you can submit the application by mail.
Receiving a Title
You will not receive a paper title if you use the electronic titling program. Instead, DMV will hold an electronic record of your title.
If you need a paper title, submit a request online through your myDMV account using the Original Electronic Title Print transaction or by submitting an Application for Replacement and Substitute Titles (VSA 67) by mail or at any customer service center or DMV Select office.